The Small Back Room (1949)
- Directed by
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 79 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A scientist struggles with personal demons and a painful past while working on a secret wartime project. His job is to solve a dangerous new weapon threatening British soldiers.
tensemelancholicslow-burnbroodingintimategrittyrestrainedsomber
What happens
The Small Back Room (U.S. title: Hour of Glory) is a 1949 film by the British producer-writer-director team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Farrar and Kathleen Byron and featuring Jack Hawkins and Cyril Cusack. It was based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Nigel Balchin. The theme is the unsung heroes of the Second World War, the "back room boys", gradually coming into their own. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Passionate Friends (1949)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.